About This Item

  • Call NumberHOSP_0339
  • TitleLeisure hours
  • SummaryCaption: "Leisure hours are never wasted by 6-year-old Johnny Galon, constantly helped by therapist Eileen Kail in improving his muscular coordination in manual skills and dexterity. Here he files down rough edges on wooden toy held in a vise. Braces on his legs and crutches resting on chair offer mute evidence of handicaps he is strivng to overcome."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Stamped on verso: date: Jan. 6, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHospital patients -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York ; Occupational therapists -- New York (State) -- New York ; Occupational therapy for children -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sanatoriums -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Hospitals: Jewish Sanitariuim & Hospital for chronic Diseases: Ceremonies: II